When treating pancreatic body/tail lesions that result in significant dose spread to the spleen, what is your threshold to offer pneumococcal, hemophilus influenza, and meningococcal vaccines?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
A really great question, and one that we don’t necessarily have a lot of data for guidance. There are some guidelines out there, though, that I think can be helpful to consider. The first is the recent guideline from ASCO on the vaccination of adults with cancer (Kamboj et al., PMID 38498792)....